KIMBERLY L. WEHLE 1 1401 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201 (202) 669-2116 (cell) kwehle@ubalt.edu University of Baltimore School of Law Baltimore, MD Professor of Law (with tenure) 2009 - present Teach courses on complex civil litigation skills and practice, including Civil Procedure, Administrative Law, Federal Courts, and Introduction to Legal Skills. Publish articles on federal jurisdiction, separation of powers, privatization of government, and use of private sector surveillance data and technologies for national security and law enforcement. Served as consultant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation s Biometric Center of Excellence on issues related to privacy and the Fourth Amendment. Developed software concept and secured provisional patent for gamifying litigation training for law students and lawyers. Taught Comparative Administrative Law at the University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen, Scotland, Summer 2016. In Fall of 2017, served as Pro Bono Legal Advisor to Baltimore Police Trial Board in disciplinary hearings of officers involved in events leading to the tragic death of the Freddie Gray. George Washington University Law School Visiting Professor of Law 2007 2009 Courses taught: Civil Procedure, Federal Courts, Administrative Law. University of Oklahoma College of Law Norman, OK Associate Professor of Law 2006-2008 Courses taught: Civil Procedure, Federal Courts, Administrative Law. Media Legal Analyst and Op-Ed Writer August 2017-present Frequent legal analyst on CBS, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, NPR, FOX, and BBC, along with various radio programs. Regular Op-ed columnist for the Bulwark and the Hill. Articles have also appeared in the L.A. Times, the Baltimore Sun, among other publications. For links, see www.kimwehle.com. Wehle Law, LLC Chevy Chase, MD Principal September 2015 - present Provide appellate, criminal, and civil litigation counsel to support fluctuating demands of law firms as well as individual clients. 1 Formerly Kimberly N. Brown.
Expertise in federal administrative law, including Chevron and arbitrary and capricious review, as well as federal jurisdiction and civil procedure. Engagements include drafting an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case, TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, providing strategic advice in a case before the Federal Circuit involving the Tariff Act of 1930 and Chevron review; preparing amicus curiae briefs in the Redskins trademark appeal to the Fourth Circuit, in an appeal to the Federal Circuit in Apple, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Inc., and in State of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, a challenge to the Obama Administration s Clean Power Plan in the D.C. Circuit; and drafting summary judgment and discovery briefs in multiple cases pending in federal court. Of Counsel at the D.C. law firms of Miller Friel and Aegis Law Group. Served as support counsel to Goldstein & Russell. Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered Of Counsel, Litigation Group 2000-2006 Represented candidates for national office in federal court litigation against the Federal Election Commission. Drafted pleadings and briefs, conducted discovery, and argued dispositive motions in federal court on behalf of creditor committees appointed in complex asbestos-related bankruptcy litigation pending in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. District Courts and U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals. Served as lead counsel for an official committee of asbestos personal injury creditors in the Celotex Corporation s bankruptcy case. Office of the United States Attorney Assistant United States Attorney, Civil Division 1997-1999 Represented numerous federal agencies in litigation docket of approximately 45 civil cases in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Drafted pleadings, engaged in settlement negotiations, conducted discovery, and appeared in federal court on a near-daily basis for status conferences, motions hearings, and appellate arguments on a range of subject areas, including the Administrative Procedure Act, Federal Torts Claims Act, Freedom of Information Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Rehabilitation Act, and the U.S. Constitution. Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr Associate Independent Counsel, Whitewater Investigation 1996-1997 Assisted Ken Starr, U.S. District Judge John D. Bates, D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, among others, in grand jury investigations and federal court litigation. Drafted briefs filed in U.S. District Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Federal Trade Commission Staff Attorney, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Division of Enforcement 1995-1996 2
Conducted investigations of compliance with administrative orders relating to violations of federal consumer protection laws. The Honorable Charles R. Richey Law Clerk, United States District Court for the District of Columbia 1994-1995 Morrison Foerster San Francisco, CA Summer Associate, Litigation Group Summer 1993 California Indian Legal Services Oakland, CA Law Clerk Summer 1992 Provided specialized legal representation to Indians and Indian tribes on issues that included federal tribal recognition, the First Amendment, and individuals eligibility for public benefits. EDUCATION J.D., University of Michigan Law School (1993) cum laude; Note Editor, Michigan Law Review Ann Arbor, MI B.A., Cornell University (1990) Ithaca, NY magna cum laude, English; Phi Beta Kappa; English department award for best honors thesis University of Pennsylvania (1986-87) Leo Marchutz School of Art (Summer 1989) Philadelphia, PA Aix-en-Provence, France BAR ADMISSIONS Admitted in the District of Columbia and California. Admitted to practice in D.C., Federal, Second and Fourth Circuit Courts of Appeal as well as the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. PUBLICATIONS BOOKS HOW TO READ THE CONSTITUTION AND WHY (forthcoming HARPERCOLLINS June 2019) THE OUTSOURCED CONSTITUTION (forthcoming CAMBRIDGE UNIV. PRESS) ARTICLES Defining Lawmaking Power, 41 WAKE FOREST L. REV. 881 (2016). Public Laws and Private Lawmakers, 93 WASH. U. L. REV. 615 (2016). Insourcing, Data Outsourcing, and the Irrelevant Constitution, 49 GEORGIA L. REV. 607 (Spring 2015). 3
Anonymity, Faceprints, and the Constitution, 21 GEORGE MASON L. REV. 409 (Winter 2014). We the People, Constitutional Accountability, and Outsourcing Government, 88 IND. L.J. 1347 (Fall 2013). Government by Contract and the Structural Constitution, 87 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 491 (2011). Presidential Control of the Elite Non-Agency, 88 N.C. L. REV. 71 (Dec. 2009). Justiciable Generalized Grievances, 68 MARYLAND L. REV. 221 (2008). What s Left Standing? FECA Citizen Suits and the Battle for Judicial Review, 55 KANSAS L. REV. 677 (April 2007). SELECTED ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS Panelist, Congress and the Administrative State: Delegation, Nondelegation, and Un- Delegation, C. Borden Gray Center for Study of Administrative State, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University (February 2019). Presenter, University of Copenhagen, CEVIA Centre for Enterprise Liability, Private Actors as Providers of Welfare and Security Services Responsibility and Liability (November 2016). Panelist, The 2015 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Symposium: The View from the Bench and Bar, University of Baltimore School of Law (September 2016). Panelist, Is Law Review Scholarship Passé?, University of Baltimore School of Law, Conference: The Fate of Scholarship in American Law Schools (March 2016). Panelist, Teleforum, The 21 st Century PUC: Dealing with Disruption, New York Law School Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute (Feb. 2016). Presenter, Due Process and Administrative Adjudications, District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings Judiciary (May 2015). Presenter, Insourcing, Data Outsourcing, and the Irrelevant Constitution, University of Baltimore School of Law (2014). Panelist, The Privatization of America, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) Convention; (June 2014). Presenter, Procedural Due Process and Administrative Adjudications: An Analytic Framework, District of Columbia Association of Administrative Law Judiciary (June 2014). Panelist, Constitution Day SCOTUS Preview Panel, University of Baltimore School of Law (2013 & 2014). 4
Participant, Madness or Badness: Duran and the Evolution of the Insanity Defense in the D.C. Circuit; The Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit and the Litigation Section of the District of Columbia Bar; Ceremonial Courtroom of the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse; (2012). REVIEWING Participated in review of the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland for the United States Supreme Court at the request of the ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary and the Executive Committee of the New York City Bar. Peer Reviewer, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS (2016). Peer Reviewer, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Veni Grant, The Interface of EU security Regulation and Market Law: Normative and Empirical Constitutional Dimensions (2018). Peer Reviewer, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Veni Grant, The Constitutionalization of Private Regulation: Understanding the Role of Private Law (2016). Peer Reviewer, STANFORD LAW REVIEW (2013). 5